A look back at February

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February weather summary from Black Cat Island Weather Station

Normal values are from Concord, and are in parenthesis ()
Values from last February are in asterisks **

Average daily max: 28.4 F (33.0) *24.7*
Average daily min: 12.8 F (10.4) *6.8*
Overall average temp: 22.0 F (21.8) *15.7*
Highest temp: 39 F on the 18th *40*
Lowest temp: -17 F on the 29th *-3*

Heating degree days: 1126 (1210)
Cooling degree days: 0 (0)

Snowfall: 45.9 inches (14.6) *20.3*
Total precipitation (liquid & melted): 6.11 inches (2.53) *1.32*
Max daily snow: 9.2 inches on 26 *14.0*
Max daily precipitation: 1.80 inches on 13 *0.81*

Days with snowpack: 29 *28*
Maximum snow depth: 37 inches on 27, 28, 29 *16 inches*
Minimum snow depth: 12 inches on 2, 3, 4 *3 inches*

Average wind speed: 4 mph
Average wind direction: NW
Peak wind gust: 46 mph from the East on the 1st

Days with
...Precipitation: 24
...Snowfall: 22
...Sleet: 8
...Freezing rain: 7
...Fog: 10

February 2008 averaged a few degrees warmer than last February although the max temp was about the same, and this February had a much lower minimum temp than last.

In terms of snowfall, this February had more than double the amount of last February and three times the normal amount. As one might expect, the snow depth was also much greater this year and was at its maximum as the month ended.

This February was nearly five times wetter than last, and most if not all of it either fell as snow or became absorbed into the existing snowpack.